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Assassination Assassins Collective settlements Collective settlements New York (State) Oneida Castle History 19th century Garfield, James A. (James Abram) 1831-1881 Garfield, James A. (James Abram) 1831-1881 Assassination Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius) 1841-1882 New York (State) Oneida Castle Oneida Community. Presidents United StatesAckerman, Kenneth D.
Summary: In this book Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of recent war. He casts familiar Civil War figures like Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott Hancock in unfamiliar roles as politicos alongside feuding machine bosses like senators Roscoe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003
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Summary: "It was heaven on earth--and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place -- especially the women, with their queer cropped hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023